Zune HACKED for Korean and Chinese Characters!
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Sunday, 02 September 2007

ZuneBoards has been notorious for number of hacks released in the past . 10 months after the Zune was released, we have proven to going strong. In our forums, one of our members named "Scheme " unveiled an idea that would allow the Zune to accept Korean and Chinese characters. Surely enough, it works! It's almost as easy as "dropping a font" into the System Partition. Of course, accessing the System Partition is the hardest part. Currently, you'll need to disassemble your Zune, but hopefully in the near future we'll get access to the System Partition without having to disassemble. That still doesn't give Microsoft a reason not to include Korean and Chinese. Seriously, wtf? Are they that lazy? Microsoft, I am really disappointed... WAKE UP. Where are the firmware updates you promised?


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Let's get back on subject. This hack may not mean much for Americans or Europeans, but this does mark a big point in the Zune history as the first real hack on the Zune.  Also, keep on checking back for more releases by us. From the looks of it now, very soon we will be releasing a hack that many of you will love.

Update:  ZunePet from the forums claim that soon, this hack will be doable without access to the system partition. That means it will be available for the average Zune users.

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Striker D   | 68.103.201.xxx | 2007-09-02 16:53:07
Why am I going to love this next hack?
Guest User   | 66.92.128.xxx | 2007-09-02 19:02:28
well They haven't really released it anywhere cept for the us so there isn't much point in MS adding more languages
Guest User     | 75.105.252.xxx | 2007-09-02 19:33:08
Mac OS X support FTW!
Guest User   | 90.5.246.xxx | 2007-09-02 22:06:00
No japanese character support?
Guest User   | 76.200.92.xxx | 2007-09-02 22:32:52
bring on the removal of the 3/3 restriction on transfered music. (which is what your hinting at of course)
Guest User   | 66.61.112.xxx | 2007-09-02 22:38:33
Assuming the picture is real, it supports Japanese characters as well (e.g. the last title is Suzumiya Haruhi).
Guest User   | 220.245.179.xxx | 2007-09-03 07:26:55
That's awesome.........now.........how can i do the hack!?
1ofamillion   | 64.130.187.xxx | 2007-09-03 09:10:43
nice......maybe they hacked he firmware?? i hope lol...
Guest User   | 87.194.113.xxx | 2007-09-03 10:33:09
a clock!! hence the watch in the photo wohoo
Guest User   | 72.219.159.xxx | 2007-09-03 13:31:28
Guest User wrote:
No japanese character support?


Theres katakana right in that picture towards the bottom of the screen so im assuming they added japanese as well. Im excited for this.
Guest User   | 170.215.248.xxx | 2007-09-03 16:16:29
well They haven't really released it anywhere cept for the us so there isn't much point in MS adding more languages

-Well there ARE people in america who listen to more than just american music. this is not a hack so your zune functions in another language, its just so that it can read it instead of just the square blocks that pop up.

-I agree with the author, WAKE UP microsoft, im sure it should take them less than a day to make a firmware update for something so simple as FONT, instead of wasting a hacker's valuable time hacking something so silly, this should have came standard.
iPod the new ipod is amazing cuz my zune is starting to irratate me with all its stupidity
Guest User   | 67.176.27.xxx | 2007-09-03 19:07:04
i bet the hack has something to do with wireless. Maybe even wireless syncing, that would be pretty g
Guest User   | 67.176.27.xxx | 2007-09-04 22:17:20
if you look in the upper left hand corner, its a 360 controller, that may also have something to do with the hack
Guest User   | 209.212.21.xxx | 2007-09-05 20:59:09
this is proballly gona add a ton of new zune users.. Great hack i hope it works!!
Guest User   | 71.171.155.xxx | 2007-11-04 07:23:36
Does this also support Thai?

I assume it could since Chinese is supported. Either way GREAT HACK! Should encourage Asian markets, though I agree with the above that should have been Microsoft's job not the hacker's.
Guest User   | 75.144.29.xxx | 2007-11-14 08:33:51
Beware... After updating to the latest Zune firmware upgrade it wiped out my Chinese hack
Guest User   | 203.158.57.xxx | 2007-11-19 06:04:56
Guest User wrote:
Beware... After updating to the latest Zune firmware upgrade it wiped out my Chinese hack


hmm korean still works...
Anonymous   | 76.200.134.xxx | 2008-02-19 00:06:32
To the author,
can you describe how to make it works. can you give more detail on how you add asian language in Zune!
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